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title: "Özel visits jailed Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Bozbey in prison"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-ozel-visits-jailed-bursa-metropolitan-mayor/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-18T17:58:26.474Z
category: politics
sources: 2
agreement: single-source
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# Özel visits jailed Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Bozbey in prison

YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel visited Mustafa Bozbey at Bursa H-Type Prison. Özel said Bozbey was elected in the local elections with a margin of more than 160,000 votes, and that the composition of the municipal council played a role in his removal from office.

## Who is in this story

- [Özgür Özel](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ozgur-ozel/) — People
- [YENİ Party](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yeni-parti/) — Parties
- [Mustafa Bozbey](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mustafa-bozbey/) — People
- [Bursa Metropolitan Municipality](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/bursa-buyuksehir-belediyesi/) — Institutions
- [AK Party (AKP)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ak-parti/) — Parties
- [Bursa](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/bursa/) — Places

## News sources

- [YENİ Parti Genel Başkanı Özel: "Milletin koyduğu ismi kimseye değiştirtmeyiz" - BURSA](https://www.mersinhaber.com/haber-yen-parti-genel-baskani-ozel-milletin-koydugu-ismi-kimseye-degistirtmeyiz-bursa/778452) — Mersin Haber (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [Özgür Özel: Milletin koyduğu ismi kimseye değiştirtmeyiz](https://www.bursahakimiyet.com.tr/bursa/ozgur-ozel-milletin-koydugu-ismi-kimseye-degistirtmeyiz-1712516) — Bursa Hakimiyet (independent) — 2026-09-18

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-ozel-tutuklu-bursa-buyuksehir-belediye-baskani/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-ozel-visits-jailed-bursa-metropolitan-mayor/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-ozel-posetil-tyurme-otstranyonnogo-mera-bursy/

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